Police kill man who took girl at Oklahoma store

June 18, 2013

Midwest City Police Assistant Chief Sid Porter says the child wasn't harmed in the incident Monday afternoon. Police say Sammie Lamont Wallace took the 2-year-old girl out of her mother's shopping cart and held a knife to the child. Porter says the store was evacuated within minutes and police began negotiating with Wallace.

Porter says an officer opened fire after Wallace began "counting down" on the girl's life.

The shot killed Wallace and no one else was hurt. Porter says Wallace, who was 37, apparently had no connection to the toddler or her mother.